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A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with long, swept-back dark hair, a gold-bead necklace and white ash markings on the forehead presses palms together in prayer beside an open fire pit, a homa, with orange flames. Another saffron-robed priest with a red-and-orange head wrap sits behind a bowl, and a seated audience fills the dim background. Fruit, flower garlands and a white garland sit on the altar, and a microphone stands at the right edge.

A photograph of a homa fire ritual. A man with long, swept-back dark hair sits behind a flaming fire pit, eyes lowered, with a red bindi on his forehead. He wears a deep red-maroon shawl over his bare shoulder and a long gold bead necklace. Bright orange flames rise from the pit in the foreground, with blurred orange-robed figures at the left and right edges of the frame and a red curtain behind him.

A seated man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban reads from an open booklet while speaking into a microphone beside a fire pit. Flames rise from a metal vessel on a stone homa platform, and rudraksha beads hang across his chest. Behind him, marigold and white flower garlands decorate the ritual area, with a brass tray holding fruit. On the right, a man in white clothes and an ID badge sits watching, and a lattice window appears at the top right. Probable Swamiji by appearance: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, presiding over the homa as a speaker.

2004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa

A photograph of a homa at night. A man with long dark hair and a tilak on his forehead, wearing orange robes and layered beaded necklaces, sits behind a yellow brick fire pit, clapping his hands before a standing microphone. A tall flame rises from the pit, surrounded by flower garlands, bananas, apples, a pineapple and brass kalasha-type vessels with marigolds and petals. Another orange-robed priest sits beside him, and a seated crowd in white fills the background under dark night sky. The clothing and offerings suggest a fire ritual with the speaker leading the gathering.

A photograph in a dark setting shows a man with long dark wavy hair wearing an orange saffron shawl and a long rudraksha mala. He has white ash and a red bindi on his forehead. He holds both hands open over a flame and rising smoke, as in a fire ritual. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, and rudraksha mala are visible cues, shown in the sentence above. The flame rises from a dark surface at the lower left.

2004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa

July 17 2006

A seated man in an orange saffron robe and a long gold-beaded necklace holds a silver lamp with a lit flame over a raised orange platform during a fire ritual. Smoke rises around him. Long dark hair falls past his shoulders and a tilak marks his forehead. Behind him, a second man in orange sits with palms pressed together in prayer. Fruit, bananas, orange fruit and white flower garlands are arranged in front, and a kalasha-like vessel wrapped in flowers sits to the right beside painted pillars. Swamiji (probable): the seated central figure has long swept-back hair, saffron robes and gold beads, cues that match the page's description of the event.

A seated man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, a red bindi, gold hoop earrings, and a long gold-and-rudraksha mala with a second rudraksha mala on the arms. He sits on an ornate silver-gilt chair and holds a flaming camphor or oil lamp over a silver tray holding a small bronze deity murti, flowers and a kalasha-like vessel. A steel vessel and a lamp sit at the lower left, and a standing figure in white appears blurred in the background. a person, the seated figure, performing aarti at a puja.

2012-06-01 +1 copies

March 28 2013

A photograph of a man seated cross-legged on a paved outdoor platform beside a metal fire tray with burning wood, performing a homa. He wears a plain orange-saffron cloth draped over his chest and shoulders, has long dark wavy hair parted in the middle, and a red tilak on his forehead; his eyes are closed and his right hand is raised over the flames. Swamiji (probable): the saffron wrap and long flowing hair are the cues, and he is presented as the officiant of the fire ritual. A small child in a yellow top and red trousers stands at the left edge, a microphone stand is visible at the right, and a dog appears in the upper background.